House Panel Aims to Show Trump ‘Dereliction of Duty’ on January 6

Members of the January 6 committee said Thursday’s hearing will be the most specific to date in laying out details on how Trump’s actions were at odds with his constitutional legal duty to stop the January 6 riot.

AP/Susan Walsh
A video exhibit featuring President Trump plays during a hearing of the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. AP/Susan Walsh

A House committee’s prime-time hearing Thursday will offer the most compelling evidence yet of President Trump’s “dereliction of duty” on January 6, with new witnesses detailing his failure to stem an angry mob storming the Capitol, committee members said Sunday.

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